Give Away!

FIRST EVER GIVE AWAY! 

YES! 

You have heard me right, this is HANDMADE BY ZENIA first (of many I hope) Give Away.
I have thought about  having a Give Away for a while and at first I was going to run it on Facebook, but they have rules for that which totally left me confused, instead I decided to run it on my Blog.

I'm So Excited!

This is what I am going to Give Away!

A Fused Glass Pendant on a Black Satin Cord.

Here's how to enter..........

All you have to do to enter is to subscribe to my mailing list..........(see top right of page)

Don't worry, I will only be sending out newsletters once a month (if that) only to let you know the latest News, be the first to know of New Stock, Offers, more Give Aways, Events and Sales.

The Give Away ends on the 25th May 2012

 I will do a draw and email the winner.

Good Luck!

Feel free to spread the word............Thank You!


P.S. Don't forget to confirm your email subscription 
other wise I won't have your email address to enter.


THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK!

CRAFTfest Count Down!

CRAFTfest starts on the 10th till 18th March 2012.

YES! A Whole Week!

What is CRAFTfest?........ I hear you say.
Well, it's a Online Craft Fair....... a virtual Craft Fair, where you can browse at your leisure.
You will find many talented Crafter's all in one place and from all around the world.
As Mother's Day is approaching it is definitely worth a look.

You can find me on there too!

http://creative-connections.ning.com/photo/albums/handmade-by-zenia-craftfest-stall

http://creative-connections.ning.com

Hello Again!

I can not believe it's a month into the New Year already.

I know............it's been  a looong time since I last updated my blog. Shame on me.
No excuses but wish only sometimes I had my own pause button, which I could press when needed, so I could catch up with myself and the world.

What have I been up too................................

I was lucky enough after waiting (patiently I might add and I didn't nag to much) several years to convert the garage into a Studio. Which has been Fantastic, it has made a huge difference on the way I work.
Before I had taken over the whole dinning room. When we had family and friends round, meal times was interesting, all done in relays on the kitchen table. That was entertaining!
Having my own space is like having freedom, I can just close the door anytime and leave my creative chaos without it disturbing other people.

I thought I would post some photo's showing you the progress, and the finished Studio.

WHAT"S NEXT..........!

This year I intend to keep on top of my blog, showing you what I have been up too, having Give Away Competitions so don't miss out, but also I would like to show you other crafters.
Their is a fantastic range of talented people out there, that sell their wares, you won't stumble upon in the High Street. However this will take time as I will need to get in touch with these lovely people or if you know anyone that would like to be featured, please let me know!

WHAT'S NEW!
As well as launching my Website last June www.handmadebyzenia.com  I have also joined a online shop a few months ago which also sells a handful of my pendants, http://www.wowthankyou.co.uk/handmade-by-zenia/products

If you go up to the top of my blog page I have added tabs that will direct you straight to my website and WOW Thank You shop. Please give it a try.

My job this month will be adding NEW STOCK to both my website and wow shop. So please keep popping by.
ALSO..............!  I am going give Etsy a try. So I will give you a link when I am all set up.

Thank you for your support and........  I better get cracking!
Z x

It's September Already!!!

Sorry to have neglected you, for a while.

Now that we have the Summer Holiday's over, kid's back at school and we are slowly returning to a routine.
At the moment I am playing catch up with work and trying to relaunch my website with a online shop and making new stock ready for Christmas. Busy times ahead! :)

I was ask to restring two vintage necklace's over the holiday's. So I tried knotting for the first time using a knotting tool gadget, which worked brilliantly. So I think I will incorporate knotting into some necklace designs.

Just a few photo's below on what I have been up to.

Watch this space very soon because I am going to do a giveaway of one of my pendant's to celebrate the relaunching of my website, so keep tuned in the next few weeks......!

Summer's Here!

Gosh! The sun was out in full force this weekend, so it's barbie weather again, we dusted off the cobwebs and powered up the hubby to get the barbie going. Homemade Burgers. yum yum!
As usual when the weather is like this people go mad at the supermarket and sure enough you just pop in to get some bread rolls, and what do you see,  the shelves empty....!


Then their is the wardrobe issue, you look at last years summer clothes, and see if any will keep you cool, that you can still fit in, of course, also their is the kid's summer clothes, knowing that they can't squeeze into any of their summer things (why do I keep them till the following year, I ask myself, is it that I secretly don't want them to grow until I am ready for buying them the clothes).


So it begins hopefully a Good Summer!


It's fast approaching Father's Day (June 20th) so I have been making more cufflinks for the up and coming Fairs and maybe the odd Glass Hanging.


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Easter been and gone already!

Having the kids off for Easter seemed to go quickly, sunny days, no rain and lots of chocolate but best of all, seeing family.
Seeing my sister in Salisbury and visiting Grandparents, who put on a good easter egg hunt in their garden with great clues was fabulous.

The Egg said "Don't Eat Me All At Once" 

mmmmm! Is that possible!!!!

UPTON HOUSE

Upton House was another visit in the holidays, just the other side of Banbury.

Definitely worth a visit, the kids did a trial game which led you to clues around the house and gardens, great fun.

You should have seen the kids faces when they were given an easter egg each for bringing back the game. We are going to come back in the summer with a picnic and spent the day there.

Crafting Again!

I have had a peg loom sitting in my cupboard for a year - naughty I know. So I thought I would let my daughter have some fun and make something. She decided to make a scarf, I have a photo of what she has done so far.....

Not bad, if I say so myself!


Brackley Craft Fair

Last Saturday was my local Craft Fair, the weather was kind to us, so that brought more people out.
Its early in the year and people are still watching their pennies. Mind you, its school holidays and I have had to buy school shoes for the kiddies, which cost an arm and a leg, as you know. So even I wasn't spending.

Its a friendly Craft Fair and some of the stallholders are really good friend's, like Sarah from Noahs Ark Crafts she had the most colourful stall there, here's a photo to prove it...

another friend, Lucy Tustian who makes lovely items using Stained Glass was there too.

Next Craft Fair is in June, so I better get making.......!

Great Week!

On a bit of a high this week as some stock has been sold at the library, also my Hubby took some jewellery into his work and the girls loved it and bought some too. So very happy that people like my work.

I thought I would finish scanning in some jewellery before labelling up this week but still need to make some more.

 

My Glass arrived this week so I need to start cooking with my kiln again, going to try some slumping this week. I will take photo's of how I get on and write a blog on how that turned out. Hopefully for next time....

Made some Mother's Day Card's the other week to go with the other Greeting Cards I do.

As it's Mother's Day this Sunday I am going to sit down watch a movie with the family and some popcorn and be pampered. Hope all you lovely mum's will be doing something too ......?